Where does “Wahlfälschung” come from?

Wahlfälschung (German) comes from German Wahl, from Middle High German wale, from Old High German wala, from Proto-West Germanic walu, from Proto-Germanic waluz, from Proto-Indo-European wēl- — to see, perceive.

Wahlfälschung (German): electoral fraud

Definitions

  1. electoral fraud

Ancestry of “Wahlfälschung”, step by step

Wahlfälschung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Wahl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWahlchoice, selection; election; quality level
2Middle High Germanwale—
3Old High Germanwalachoice
4Proto-West Germanicwaluchoice, selection
5Proto-Germanicwaluzstaff, stick
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-to see, perceive

via German Fälschung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFälschungcounterfeit, forgery
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
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